diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups.go
index d39f4685f63b..f15c778d9eee 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups.go
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ func (m *asgCache) createPlaceholdersForDesiredNonStartedInstances(groups []*aut
 func (m *asgCache) isNodeGroupAvailable(group *autoscaling.Group) (bool, error) {
 	input := &autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesInput{
 		AutoScalingGroupName: group.AutoScalingGroupName,
-		MaxRecords:           aws.Int64(1), // We only care about the most recent event
 	}
 
 	start := time.Now()
@@ -496,6 +495,7 @@ func (m *asgCache) isNodeGroupAvailable(group *autoscaling.Group) (bool, error)
 			if activity.StartTime.Before(lut) {
 				break
 			} else if *activity.StatusCode == "Failed" {
+				klog.Warningf("ASG %s scaling failed with %s", asgRef.Name, *activity)
 				return false, nil
 			}
 		} else {
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups_test.go
index f619af1e2da6..c5078b03b5b7 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/auto_scaling_groups_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ func TestCreatePlaceholders(t *testing.T) {
 			if shouldCallDescribeScalingActivities {
 				a.On("DescribeScalingActivities", &autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesInput{
 					AutoScalingGroupName: asgName,
-					MaxRecords:           aws.Int64(1),
 				}).Return(
 					&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesOutput{Activities: tc.activities},
 					tc.describeErr,
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
index 2753daabd2dc..e1d6a92a1ef9 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_cloud_provider_test.go
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ func TestDeleteNodesWithPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
 	a.On("DescribeScalingActivities",
 		&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesInput{
 			AutoScalingGroupName: aws.String("test-asg"),
-			MaxRecords:           aws.Int64(1),
 		},
 	).Return(&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesOutput{}, nil)
 
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager_test.go
index 79d8a2d619a3..50df508f8df6 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/aws_manager_test.go
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ func TestFetchExplicitAsgs(t *testing.T) {
 	a.On("DescribeScalingActivities",
 		&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesInput{
 			AutoScalingGroupName: aws.String("coolasg"),
-			MaxRecords:           aws.Int64(1),
 		},
 	).Return(&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesOutput{}, nil)
 
@@ -559,7 +558,6 @@ func TestFetchAutoAsgs(t *testing.T) {
 	a.On("DescribeScalingActivities",
 		&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesInput{
 			AutoScalingGroupName: aws.String("coolasg"),
-			MaxRecords:           aws.Int64(1),
 		},
 	).Return(&autoscaling.DescribeScalingActivitiesOutput{}, nil)